Hey, guys. I, John Biggs, will be in Hong Kong and Guangdong next week (November 30-December 5) to visit some folks and would love to meet up with Web 2.0 and gadget purveyors in mother China. If you would like to chat, drop me a line at john @ crunchgear.com and let me know what’s up. I’m thinking about doing an informal meet-up on Thursday so advice on places to meet in Hong Kong are welcome.
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Sorry for the short notice but I thought it might be fun to toast to Turkey Day and the launch of our our Gift Guide.
I’m teaming up with Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV for an impromptu CG meet-up in New York. We’ll be meeting at 7pm Friday at Heartland Brewery, 35 Union Square West, in Manhattan. We should be able to commandeer the back of the pub for our purposes.
Sorry for the short notice but I thought it might be fun to toast to Turkey Day and the launch of our our Gift Guide.
I’m teaming up with Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.TV for an impromptu CG meet-up in New York. We’ll be meeting at 7pm Friday at Heartland Brewery, 35 Union Square West, in Manhattan. We should be able to commandeer the back of the pub for our purposes.
Remember, remember, the 9th of November!
Gadgets, technology, and beer.
I see no reason why gadgets and tech
should ever bring little cheer.
Last year’s Columbus meetup was a huge success, and folks have been asking me when we’ll do it again. Well mark your calendars for Monday, November 9, and join us for a friendly evening of networking and libations at the Surly Girl Saloon, my favorite cowgirl/pirate themed bar!
We the people of CrunchGear would like confirm a quick, informal meet-up today at 7pm at the View Lounge at the San Francisco Marriott. The meet-up will include drinking, talking about the iPhone 3G S, and the fondling of the Palm Pre, allowing you, the reading public, to try the cellphone of the moment before the next cellphone of the moment comes out.
Special thanks to BrightKite and PageOnce for sponsoring the event.
We the people of CrunchGear would like to propose a quick, informal meet-up tomorrow at the View Lounge at the San Francisco Marriott. The meet-up will include drinking, talking about the iPhone 3G S, and the fondling of the Palm Pre, allowing you, the reading public, to try the cellphone of the moment before the next cellphone of the moment comes out.
Companies: if you’d like to sponsor the festivities, even for an hour, please let us know. If you intend to come or would like to sponsor the fun, send an RSVP to RSVP. Otherwise, see you tomorrow in San Francisco.
The bar is at the top of the Marriott and has great views of San Francisco. We’ll just congregate in the bar and if something changes we’ll post an update tomorrow.
I’m pleased to report that no one dressed up in coveralls and hats at the TC/CG Helsinki meet-up at A21. The turnout was fantastic – about 100 or so folks at 8pm on a Tuesday – and everyone either worked for Nokia, contracted for Nokia, or sold their children into servitude in Nokia’s diamond mines in the heart of Northern Troll country.
Special thanks to F-Secure, the anti-virus company and the Mothership herself for sponsoring a few hours of drinks. I heard a lot of great pitches – please send me more information when you get settled – and met a lot folks who were quite excited about start-ups and the start-up scene. Special thanks to Ville and the boys at Arctic Startup, the TechCrunch of the Tundra.
Click through for some pictures and look for more information about these great folks in the next few weeks.
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I’ll be in Helsinki next week and I’d like to plan a very informal meet-up on Tuesday, April 28 at 8pm. All those attending, please email me at john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “RSVP HELSINKI.”
NOTE – The new start time is now 8pm.
We’ve decided to have the meet-up at A21 on Annankatu 21 [Google Map]. PLEASE RSVP ASAP so I can offer them a head count.
N.B. If you have a start-up to discuss, please have some information handy, preferably in electronic form. It will probably be hard to do demos unless they’re on a mobile phone, but if you contact me beforehand we can probably sit down to look at your product on a laptop.
Best of all, F-Secure, the anti-virus people, will be sponsoring an hour of drinks from about 7pm-8pm. Anyone wishing sponsor another few hours should email me.
UPDATE – Nokia is chipping in from 8pm-9pm!
For last minute changes follow me on Twitter.
See you in Helsinki!
I’ll be in Helsinki next week and I’d like to plan a very informal meet-up on Tuesday, April 28 at about 7pm. All those Finns in favor, please email me at john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “RSVP HELSINKI.”
We’ve decided to have the meet-up at A21 on Annankatu 21 [Google Map]. PLEASE RSVP ASAP so I can offer them a head count.
N.B. If you have a start-up to discuss, please have some information handy, preferably in electronic form. It will probably be hard to do demos unless they’re on a mobile phone, but if you contact me beforehand we can probably sit down to look at your product on a laptop.
Best of all, F-Secure, the anti-virus people, will be sponsoring an hour of drinks from about 7pm-8pm. Anyone wishing sponsor another few hours should email me.
UPDATE – Nokia is chipping in from 8pm-9pm!
For last minute changes follow me on Twitter.
See you in Helsinki!
I’ll be in Helsinki next week and I’d like to plan a very informal meet-up on Tuesday, April 28 at about 7pm. All those Finns in favor, please email me at john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “RSVP HELSINKI.”
I don’t have any idea where we could meet – suggestions are welcome – but this would be dinner, drinks, and, potentially, a big, pasty brodeo sauna session at about 2am when everyone is sloshed. I will post an update when we figure out the venue. Your thoughts?
UPDATE – How about Korjaamo? Does anyone know anyone there?
See you in Helsinki!
Welcome to PragueCrunch II, Prague’s foremost party to held in Prague every year around the time TechCrunch writers feel like going to Prague to drink great beer and talk start-ups, tech, and gadgets. We’ll be streaming live through Qik and posting images throughout the day.
If you’re still vacillating and you’re in Prague, come on down! We’ll be at Hergetova Cihelna from 2pm until late in the evening. Confounded as to whether to come at like 11pm? Check my Twitter Updates to see if we’re still at the event or if we’ve moved on. Otherwise, expect to see us there.
Special thanks to the venue and all the great sponsors. Click through for live video feeds throughout the evening.
And so, my friends, it’s time to Czech your worries at the door and enter into the warm embrace of PragueCrunch 2 which will start at 2pm on Saturday, to be held at the magnificent Hergetova Cihelna.
We’ll have a few five-minute presentations from up-and-coming web services in CZ, tables for our sponsors, and plenty of beer and food. Come network, look for a job, or just drink on our dime. We’ll be posting live images from the event as well as filming some of the cooler stuff.
Until then, if you would like to RSVP, drop us a line at john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “RSVP PRAGUE” or just hit up the Facebook Event.
Special thanks to these fine folks:
Gold Sponsor:Dial Telecom
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This Saturday marks our second annual PragueCrunch to be held at the magnificent Hergetova Cihelna (try the veal!) on April 11 at 2pm.
The program will be fairly off-the-cuff this weekend and I encourage those who’d like to speak for about 5 minutes during the event to drop me a line ASAP (john@crunchgear.com). We’ll also have a job hunt portion to the event with colored name tags for networkers, job seekers, and employers. Robin Wauters will dance.
If last year is any indication, you’re going to meet the cream of the Prague tech community at this even so if you’re out of work or looking for a crack COBOL programmer, you’ll be in the right place. Finally, special thanks to our amazing sponsors:
Wirenode
Geewa
Ataxo
Learn10
Kerio
Dial Telecom
We’ll be breaking out a post for them as we get closer to the even. Until then, if you would like to RSVP, drop us a line at john@crunchgear.com with the subject line “RSVP PRAGUE” or just hit up the Facebook Event.
Hey, TC/MC/CG/TCEU Central European readers! We haven’t forgotten about you. Robin Wauters and John Biggs will arrive in Prague on April 11 for a wee get-together at Hergetova Cihelna AKA the Brick Factory. We’ll start the day off at about 2pm and will be drinking, talking, and networking until the wee hours of the night. You can find the bar here on Nelso.
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My God. I have been driving forever in that damn 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and are in desperate need to drown my road woes in a frothy brew with good company. The wife and I will be in some crap hole bar on the Vegas strip tonight; come and join us. I’ll tweet the actual location when we find the right place around 8:00 pm tonight. Just look for the slightly overweight nerd in a white shirt and a pregnant chick. You will not be able to miss us.
Hey, TC/MC/CG/TCEU Central European readers! We haven’t forgotten about you. Robin Wauters and John Biggs will arrive in Prague on April 11 for a wee get-together at Hergetova Cihelna AKA the Brick Factory. We’ll start the day off at about 2pm and will be drinking, talking, and networking until the wee hours of the night. You can find the bar here on Nelso.
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Our first TechCrunch/CrunchGear meetup in Tokyo (TechCrunch Japan is one of Japan’s main blogs) yesterday night was a blast. Peter Ha was in town and over 100 people attended the event on very short notice, including representatives from Yahoo Japan, telecommunications giants KDDI and NTT, Opera, MySpace Japan, mobile social network GREE and many more. Japan’s super blogger Danny Choo also joined, spending the whole evening in Stormtrooper gear.
There were a lot of companies with iPhone apps in the room: iPhone manga, iPhone Othello, iPhone Meow Cam, even an iPhone newspaper. Here is a selection of some of the web services and iPhone apps from smaller start-ups that were pitched to me yesterday (in no particular order). Next time we really need to schedule more than two hours for these events.
We’ll be meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight at 9pm at the Casino Royale hotel. If you’re in Las Vegas and want to come by for a little bit of camaraderie and drinkie drinkie. You should just look for a bunch of drunk fat people but I’ll tweet our actual location around 9pm.
We’re fast approaching our super fun CrunchNetwork Prague Meet-up and getting ready for the big night. We’re going to have some surprises coming up so watch this space but until then feel free to RSVP by email or on Facebook.
Remember the event is on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 7pm until ?? at Restaurace Zvonařka.
The program will be fairly basic but I’m planning an elevator pitch face-off, allowing 10 start-ups the chance to do a 2 minute presentation to the entire audience using limited tools. We’ll then pick the best pitch and that team will get an as-yet-to-be-undetermined really great prize (think plasma TV). If you’re interested in participating, please contact Jack DeNeut at jack @ nelso dot com.
If you have something you want to discuss with me for consideration on TechCrunch, MobileCrunch, or CrunchGear, please have a paper presentation handy with a detailed description of your project — powerpoint and business plans are right out. Consider creating a press-release for the event.
Special thanks to all these sponsors:
Nelso – Multi-language local search for Europe
Geewa – Multiplayer games for PC and mobile
Newstin – Connecting people through news to create global communities
of interest
Wirenode – Simple-to-use tools that allow anyone to create a mobile website
GoodData – A complete, on-demand business intelligence platform
Ataxo – More from your SEM campaigns!
We’re fast approaching our super fun CrunchNetwork Prague Meet-up and getting ready for the big night. We’re going to have some surprises coming up so watch this space but until then feel free to RSVP by email or on Facebook.
Remember the event is on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 7pm until ?? at Restaurace Zvonařka.
The program will be fairly basic but I’m planning an elevator pitch face-off, allowing 10 start-ups the chance to do a 2 minute presentation to the entire audience using limited tools. We’ll then pick the best pitch and that team will get an as-yet-to-be-undetermined really great prize (think plasma TV). If you’re interested in participating, please contact Jack DeNeut at jack @ nelso dot com.
If you have something you want to discuss with me for consideration on TechCrunch, MobileCrunch, or CrunchGear, please have a paper presentation handy with a detailed description of your project — powerpoint and business plans are right out. Consider creating a press-release for the event.
Special thanks to all these sponsors:
Nelso – Multi-language local search for Europe
Geewa – Multiplayer games for PC and mobile
Newstin – Connecting people through news to create global communities
of interest
Wirenode – Simple-to-use tools that allow anyone to create a mobile website
GoodData – A complete, on-demand business intelligence platform
